OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE SHORT THEATRE FESTIVAL 2016
The Regina Maria Theatre in Oradea announces the official selection of the performances that will participate in the XXII edition of the Short Play Festival, a component of the Oradea International Theatre Festival, now in its 4th edition. For the performances in the COMPETITION section of the festival, the selection was made by theatre critic Doru Mareș. FITO 2016 will take place between September 25 and October 2.
The shows that will honor us with their presence this year in the COMPETITION section are the following (ordered alphabetically, by show title):
1. "Lucian Blaga" National Theatre, Cluj-Napoca: Agamemnon, by Rodrigo Garcia, directed by Andrei Măjeri 2. Municipal Theater, Baia Mare: Blue.Yellow.Red., performance by Radu Macrinici 3. "Mihai Eminescu" Theater, Botoşani: Anniversary, by Jeroen Van Den Berg, directed by Erwin Șimșensohn 4. Act & Scena 9 Theater, Bucharest: Mine water, by Csaba Székely, a project coordinated by Oana Stoica 5. Satu Mare North Theatre: Autobahn, by Neil LaBute, directed by Laura Moldovan 6. Hungarian State Theatre, Cluj-Napoca: The Book of Elders, based on the poem by Szilágyi Domokos, directed by Mihaela Panainte 7. German State Theatre, Timişoara: It's actually beautiful., a show by Volker Schmidt 8. "George Bacovia" Municipal Theater, Bacău: I am Ophelia., by Gertrud Fussenegger, directed by Sorin Militaru 9. "Marin Sorescu" National Theatre, Craiova: ILLUSIONS, by Ivan Vîrîpaev, directed by Bobi Pricop 10. Regina Maria Theater, Oradea: In the Heart of the Night – Lear Episode, screenplay by Gavriil Pinte, with inserts by George Banu and Monique Borie after William Shakespeare, directed by Gavriil Pinte 11. National Theatre Bucharest: A strange incident with a dog in the middle of the night, based on a novel by Mark Haddon, directed by Bobi Pricop 12. ARCUB Bucharest: Obsessions, by Claudiu Sfirschi-Praised after texts by Margarita Karapanou, directed by Yannis Paraskevopoulos 13. Csokonai National Theatre, Debrecen, Hungary: Orlando, after Virginia Woolf, directed by Anca Bradu 14. "Alexandru Davila" Theater, Pitești: Prah or the Great Lot, by Spiro Gyorgy, directed by Matei Varodi 15. "Fani Tardini" Drama Theater, Galați: The Belgrade Trilogy, by Biljana Srbljanovic, directed by Erwin Șimșensohn 16. "Ioan Slavici" Classical Theatre, Arad: The tip of the iceberg, by Antonio Tabares, directed by Theodor Cristian Popescu 17. Excelsior Theater, Bucharest: With a little help from my friends, by Maria Manolescu, directed by Alexandru Mâzgăreanu
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